Robin Bennett, CGC

ACGC PresidentSheila O’Neal,

Executive Director

2014 Business Meeting

Presentation

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Agenda

• Board of Directors

• Nominations & Elections Process

• Programs Accredited in 2014

• Fees 2014-2015

• Volunteers

• Volunteer Opportunities

• Initiatives

Board of Directors 2014

• Robin Bennett, CGC, President

• Sarah Noblin, CGC, Director

• Kathy Valverde, CGC, Director

• Meredith Weaver, CGC, Program RC Chair

• Kathy Doig, PhD, MT (ASCP), Treasurer/Public Director

• Amanda Bergner, CGC, Director

• Patricia McCarthy Veach, PhD, Director

• Nancy Callanan, CGC, Director

Nominations & Elections

Nominating Committee

Holly Peay, Chair

Kathy Valverde, Board Liaison

Kelly Ormond

Heather Zierhut

Jehannine Austin

Angie Trepanier

Board of Directors

Thank you to our outgoing

Founding Board Member!

Kathy Valverde

Welcome to our incoming Board Members!

Meredith Weaver

Jenna Scott

Ann Walker

2015 Officers

• Sarah Noblin, President

• Meredith Weaver, PRC Chair

• Kathy Doig, Treasurer

• Robin Bennett, Immediate Past President

Programs Reaccredited in 2014

• University of Texas

• University of Oklahoma

• University of South Carolina

• University of Minnesota

• McGill University

• University of Utah

• Boston University

• 2014

Due for Reaccreditation in 2015

• Emory University

• University of Arkansas for Medical

Sciences

• Northwestern University

• Virginia Commonwealth

University

Changes in Programs’

Accreditation

Howard University’s Genetic Counseling

program is no longer an ACGC accredited

program, effective July 2014

New Programs

• No new programs accredited or applications

received in 2014

• Extended length of accreditation to cover

two years of graduating classes

– e.g., accept class in 2014, up for accreditation

in 2018

• Name change from Provisional Accreditation

to Accredited, New Program

Annual Fees

$4,000 for Programs holding Full Accreditation

$4,500 for Programs holding or applying for Accredited New Program Status or holding Probationary Status

2015

Site Visit Fees

The site visit fee is based on the total number

of students enrolled at the time of the site visit

< 30 $4,500

> 30 $6,000

Thank you to our Volunteers

• Finance Committee

• Nominating Committee

• Program Review Committee (PRC)

• Site Visit Committee

• Site Visitors

• Online Application Taskforce

Finance Committee 2014

• Kathy Doig, Treasurer

• Robin Bennett, President

• Cathi Rubin Franklin, Former

Treasurer

• Jennifer Farmer, At Large

Program Review Committee

2013 – 2014 Review CycleMeredith Weaver, Chair

• Sarah Noblin

• Lisa Catalano

• Caitlin Lawson

• Catriona Hippman

• Michelle Jackson

• Rachel Vanneste

• Amanda Bergner

• Kathy Valverde

• Nancy Callanan

• Pat McCarthy Veach

• Christina Palmer

Online Application Taskforce

Cecelia Bellcross & Kathy Valverde, Co-Chairs

• Holly Peay

• Kate Reed

• Maryann Campion

• Angie Trepanier

• Robin Bennett

2014 Site Visitors

• Toni Pollen

• Arti Pandya

• Heather Crestwick

• Marlene Huggins

• Tina Cowan

• Tan Wen Hann

• April Studinsky

• Jerome Yankowitz

• Richard Pauli

• Diane Masser-Frye

• Sheetal Parmar

• Heather Stalker

• Gordon Hutcheon

• Andrea Harbison

• Stephanie Cohen

• Cheryl Dickerson

• Megan Marshall

• Chris Tan

• Nancy Kramer

• Carolee Noonan

• Ora Gordon

Initiatives

Workforce issues

– Invited by ACMG to attend the Banburyconference on medical geneticist training(Feb)

– Participated in AGCPD Program Directors Retreat (July)

– NSGC Workforce Task Force

– Continuing to explore accreditation practices and trends in education

Initiatives

• Association of Specialized and Professional

Accreditors (ASPA)

• Site visitor qualifications and team

composition

• Standardized Training for PRC and Site Visitors

• Role of Medical Geneticist

• Online Application System

• Strategic Planning

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Strategic Initiatives

• ACGC will define its scope and mission.

• ACGC will review, revise, develop and implement policies and procedures to improve internal operations and services to constituents to support the mission and scope of ACGC.

• ACGC will monitor trends in accreditation, higher education and genetic counseling practice to establish accreditation standards, processes and procedures that preserve the quality of the professional preparation while allowing institutions flexibility in design and delivery of educational programs.

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